Driller Killer
The Nickel Cinema117-119 Clerkenwell Road, London
Mon 26 Oct · 20:50
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A struggling painter in downtown Manhattan finds his creative frustrations compounded by financial pressure, intrusive roommates, and the relentless noise of a neighbouring punk band. As his psychological state deteriorates, the boundaries between artistic desperation and personal collapse erode, culminating in nocturnal escapades of violence that steadily overwhelm his grip on reality. Positioned at the intersection of no-budget punk cinema and urban psychodrama, Driller Killer captures late-1970s New York at its most frayed—tense, impoverished, and artistically volatile. Ferrara’s portrait of creative burnout situates horror within the material conditions of the city, reflecting the economic precarity and cultural fragmentation that shaped the downtown scene.
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